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<div class="ViewDetails_Title"><b><big><big>Activists smash, cut holes
in Israel's separation wall</big></big></b></div>
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<div class="ViewDetails_Stamp">Published today (updated) 15/11/2013
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JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- Palestinian activists smashed and cut holes in
sections of Israel's separation wall surrounding occupied East
Jerusalem early Friday. <br>
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A group of activists used sledge hammers to break a hole in part of the
separation wall near the Palestinian town of Bir Nabala northeast of
Jerusalem.<br>
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Activist Abdullah Abu Rahma told Ma'an that dozens of people managed to
make a 10-meter hole in the wall and crossed into Jerusalem.<br>
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Another group of activists cut tens of meters of barbed wire
surrounding Israel's Ofer detention center south of Ramallah.<br>
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The activists then hung Palestinian flags on the damaged sections of
the fence.<br>
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Activists also cut barbed wire near the village of Bilin and damaged an
Israeli gate in the area before moving it to the center of the village.<br>
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One participant, who wished to remain anonymous, told Ma'an that the
actions were organized by popular committees and are among a series of
events due to take place.<br>
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An Israeli army spokeswoman said Israeli forces had located the damaged
sections of the wall and repaired some of them.<br>
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In October, activists twice cut through sections of Israel's separation
wall in Abu Dis, leading to clashes with Israeli forces who fired
rubber-bullets and tear gas at local Palestinians.<br>
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Israel began construction of the separation wall in 2002, and when
completed some 85 percent of the barrier will run inside the occupied
West Bank, annexing some 13 percent of the total territory.<br>
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In 2004, the International Court of Justice ruled that sections of the
wall violate Israel's obligations under international law, and called
on Israel to cease all construction and demolish the sections already
completed.<br>
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Israel has continued to build the wall, which when complete, will be
twice the length of the 1949 Armistice Line.<br>
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